Nintendo takes a bow after dominating May NPD sales numbers

Nintendo crows after its big win in this month's sales numbers, with an …

In May, Nintendo absolutely dominated the sales charts. The Wii and the DS took the top two sales slots, with the DS selling 243,900 units more than its next-closest competitor, the PlayStation 3. That's a sentence no one would have expected a year ago! Nintendo has released its reactions to the numbers, and the expanded information it provides is even more impressive.

"The Wii Wheel and Wii Balance Board accessories make game play fun for new gamers while presenting new challenges for those who have been playing a long time," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "The diversity of the seven Nintendo games represented in NPD's top 10 for May demonstrates how Nintendo has something for everyone." Nintendo then pointed out that the Wii represented 63 percent of all current-generation consoles sold in May, with the DS having a 71 percent share of the portable market.

While Nintendo is holding onto seven of the slots in the top ten sales chart for software, the company claims that in the top 30 selling games, it has 19 slots, including We Ski and Boom Blox. While it didn't chart, it's great to see Boom Blox mentioned as a strong seller, since we're big fans of the game. Nintendo's post-NPD report never requires any spin; it's simply a list of amazing sales accomplishments. We know that there is much activity when you get past the top-ten selling games, and it looks like Nintendo is just as successful on that level of sales as well.

Month after month, there is not even a hint of sales of Nintendo's systems losing momentum.